CWM won't backup rom - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

I've been trying to backup via CWM but it starts and then it stops and goes to the menu.
Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, do you know the cause of the problem?

g33kChic said:
I've been trying to backup via CWM but it starts and then it stops and goes to the menu.
Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, do you know the cause of the problem?
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You trying to do it from the app or recovery menu?

VoiD_Dweller said:
You trying to do it from the app or recovery menu?
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Sorry it took so long to respond, but I tried doing it from the app as well as the recovery still doesn't backup

Ill say use twrp backups and restores are super fast
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Which CWM version are you using and which ROM are you trying to backup?

Do you have an sd card?
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Beefvvl said:
Which CWM version are you using and which ROM are you trying to backup?
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I'm using Rom Manager 5.0.0.8 and the recovery 5.0.2.7
I was trying to back up TDJ Digital Warfare 2.7

blackangst said:
Do you have an sd card?
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Yes I have a 16GB class 10

casonswag said:
Ill say use twrp backups and restores are super fast
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Maybe I will have to give this a try since I'm having so many problems with CWM recovery...it's kind of weird for this to happen all of a sudden

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Nandroid Restore Loses Root Write Permissions

Hello,
Noob here. I've run into this issue with my Nandroid restores where I suddenly lose write permissions. I can still read, but if I try to write anything to the root, I get a insufficient permissions error.
Using CWM 5.0.2.6
SuperSU v.0.87
Clean Stock ICS from KIES
Odin 1.85 Flash CWM
Backup
Root w/ SuperSU v.0.87
Success.
Spend hours upon hours making it perfect V1
Backup Perfect V1
Spend hours upon hours perfecting perfection...
Which leads to imperfection(Deleted necessary System File)
Restore Perfect V1
Write access lost.
Is there a way I can regain the root somehow without a clean install?
Thank you in Advance.
I believe this is a known issue when restoring nandroid back ups. Your only recourse is to reflash the rom and start over.
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bfsam said:
Hello,
Noob here. I've run into this issue with my Nandroid restores where I suddenly lose write permissions. I can still read, but if I try to write anything to the root, I get a insufficient permissions error.
Using CWM 5.0.2.6
SuperSU v.0.87
Clean Stock ICS from KIES
Odin 1.85 Flash CWM
Backup
Root w/ SuperSU v.0.87
Success.
Spend hours upon hours making it perfect V1
Backup Perfect V1
Spend hours upon hours perfecting perfection...
Which leads to imperfection(Deleted necessary System File)
Restore Perfect V1
Write access lost.
Is there a way I can regain the root somehow without a clean install?
Thank you in Advance.
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I just posted this yesterday...use touch recovery and it will work...i went through a lot trying to get this to work yesterday...i thought it was the device management doing it..so after i restored before booting i pulled my Sim and then booted phone froze dm then rebooted with Sim...but once you notice no rw it's to later and you have to start from the backup again...I've used both touch recoveries and they work fine...but cwm 2.6 and 2.7 don't work they also cause my phone to hang when turning off....but this will only work if the backup is right to begin with...
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GreggoryD502 said:
I believe this is a known issue when restoring nandroid back ups. Your only recourse is to reflash the rom and start over.
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AAAAHHHHHrrrrgggg...
Thank you Greggory. I least I know now.
bfsam said:
AAAAHHHHHrrrrgggg...
Thank you Greggory. I least I know now.
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Read my post from above i told you i restore just fine....^
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djtheraven said:
Read my post from above i told you i restore just fine....^
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There's hope after all. Thank you for the info. I'll give the touch recovery a try.
bfsam said:
There's hope after all. Thank you for the info. I'll give the touch recovery a try.
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Now remember that darkside stuff don't work with touch recovery...so i actually switch between them..i have a recovery switcher app...comes in handy...
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djtheraven said:
Read my post from above i told you i restore just fine....^
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SWEET! I flashed touch recovery over 2.6 and restored. So far, everything is perfect again. Many thanks!
bfsam said:
SWEET! I flashed touch recovery over 2.6 and restored. So far, everything is perfect again. Many thanks!
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No prob...
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djtheraven said:
Now remember that darkside stuff don't work with touch recovery...so i actually switch between them..i have a recovery switcher app...comes in handy...
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Mind sharing the app?
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Sorry if I gave you bad info. I was unaware you could switch to touch recovery and restore.
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GreggoryD502 said:
Sorry if I gave you bad info. I was unaware you could switch to touch recovery and restore.
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No worries. You were still correct about 2.6. I'm happy to have a solution.
djtheraven said:
I just posted this yesterday...use touch recovery and it will work...i went through a lot trying to get this to work yesterday...i thought it was the device management doing it..so after i restored before booting i pulled my Sim and then booted phone froze dm then rebooted with Sim...but once you notice no rw it's to later and you have to start from the backup again...I've used both touch recoveries and they work fine...but cwm 2.6 and 2.7 don't work they also cause my phone to hang when turning off....but this will only work if the backup is right to begin with...
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That method you mentioned fixed my issue. Super.
demonr6 said:
That method you mentioned fixed my issue. Super.
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Trust me it took a whole night to figure that out..lol
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djtheraven said:
Trust me it took a whole night to figure that out..lol
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Man, as much as I hate to say this but better you than me.
I would like to say thank you!! I was on 5.2.7 CWM, and I was having this issue, when I updated to 6.x.x and did a restore, I have all of my permissions back, THANK YOU!

Not able to Nandrestore

for some reason every time i do a nandbackup and try to restore it after, i get error data restore or something like that. so in other words i cant nand restore :/ how can i fix this????
What version of cwm are you using? Have you tried to re flash cwm with Odin?
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Naddict said:
What version of cwm are you using? Have you tried to re flash cwm with Odin?
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CWM v5 5.0.4 and yes i have
XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
for some reason every time i do a nandbackup and try to restore it after, i get error data restore or something like that. so in other words i cant nand restore :/ how can i fix this????
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Have a fair amount of free space? Tried to switch between external/internal? If yes try the touch cwm or TWRP
billard412 said:
Have a fair amount of free space? Tried to switch between external/internal? If yes try the touch cwm or TWRP
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yea i have about 17 gigs on my external and 4 on my internal. the nand is on my external

nandroid restore help

ok i install this recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img working fine did a few nand back up but now when i go do a nandroid restore i get this error=something went wrong please check your recovery log how do i fix this so i can install my back up roms.?? thanks
Did you name your backups? That will corrupt them.
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death-by-soap said:
Did you name your backups? That will corrupt them.
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yes i did from original to BDS-STOCK-11-20-2012 is there a way to fix it.???
1iwilly said:
yes i did from original to BDS-STOCK-11-20-2012 is there a way to fix it.???
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Unfortunately no. At least not that I can recall. Sorry pal.
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death-by-soap said:
Unfortunately no. At least not that I can recall. Sorry pal.
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there has to be something wrong with recovery i just install a fresh rom then did a nand back up off it. left it the way it name it try to restore it and got the same error.????
1iwilly said:
there has to be something wrong with recovery i just install a fresh rom then did a nand back up off it. left it the way it name it try to restore it and got the same error.????
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Install smelkus recovery. Its much better anyway.
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death-by-soap said:
Install smelkus recovery. Its much better anyway.
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ok formating and changing ext-2 to 3 fix the problem thanks you guys for the help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26278768
Each file is a themed version. They're all the same so pick what you like best.

cant backup

Whenever I try to make a backup through cwm its stops after about a minute and says canot gind a backup handler.
Any idea what that is? Im on jedi v2. But its the same with any other rom I flash
mryounghc said:
Whenever I try to make a backup through cwm its stops after about a minute and says canot gind a backup handler.
Any idea what that is? Im on jedi v2. But its the same with any other rom I flash
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Backups were glitchy for me on cwm. I switched to TWRP and there's no looking back for me.
Im going to try twrp and see how it works. Thanks
I'm on cwm and backups have been fine. Why don't you redownload cwm and make sure you rwflash your appropriate recovery. I've NEVER had problems with cwm unless I messed with the folder or something.
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Another vote to just switch to twrp. It is superior in every way.
Idyar said:
Another vote to just switch to twrp. It is superior in every way.
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Nothing against twrp but what's the point of troubleshooting if you're not going g to troubleshoot? If someone really likes a particular recovery why not help them get it working instead of making the decision for them?
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monkeypaws said:
I'm on cwm and backups have been fine. Why don't you redownload cwm and make sure you rwflash your appropriate recovery. I've NEVER had problems with cwm unless I messed with the folder or something.
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i think this is what happened. actually i am pretty sure that is what i did when i was messing around with some files.
im going to try to find cwm again and reflash
monkeypaws said:
Nothing against twrp but what's the point of troubleshooting if you're not going g to troubleshoot? If someone really likes a particular recovery why not help them get it working instead of making the decision for them?
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yea, twrp works but i do prefer cwm as i have never had an issue with it since i got the vibrant.
thanks guys
To add another option; did you make your backup to .tar format? That was my issue when I first rooted my phone, couldn't restore anything, kinda panicked...
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[Q] CWM Warning No File_Contexts

Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
a103 said:
Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
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You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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jslim38 said:
You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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a103 said:
Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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jslim38 said:
Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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Thanks, I'm using original CWM. I was able to do nandroid back up without issues and then successfully flashed a ROM as well as mods.
I did see in one of the thread that quite a few people encountered that issue but they just ignored it, which is what I did.
Thanks again for your help
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I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
MasterBrush said:
I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
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Even I feel the same after researching in different forums.
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Yeah I just got my phone yesterday, and I've had this problem every time I've booted into CWM Recovery. I updated, tried different versions - didn't matter, still get the "no file_contexts" error.
I even tried TWRP and OUDHS Recovery, and had the same issue. I don't know what exactly is causing it, but it hasn't really negatively affected anything that I can see.
Just ignore it. Everything works fine.
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i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
Adam0524 said:
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
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Yep that's what I think too, as I mentioned before I was able to do a nandroid back up and a clean flash too. So just ignore it
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yep, I get the same thing too, tho I've never seen a problem in the functionality of CWM
but has anyone found out what the error message means?
jtdc said:
i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
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I have the same error message and I have no problem making nandroid backups. I always check the option bank up to external sd card. It works perfectly fine. Also flashes go just fine too. Don't worry about the error message. Not sure but I think saying no files are backed up to INTERNAL storage which is fine because you generally want them stored on your EXTERNAL sd storage anyway. If they went to internal you would loose most of your phones memory with a few backups. So don't worry. All is well. Just store your nandroid to external sd card. When its time to restore simply choose backup from EXTE R NAL sd card. So don't worry about that message. Hope this helps
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
MasterBrush said:
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
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Yes it's gone now
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a103 said:
Yes it's gone now
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Hi i am new at the forum, actually i am running cwm 6.0.1.9 touch version, how can i install that version you are talking about wich is "more updated", thanks and excuse me for my poor english.

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